A review I wrote of Heidegger's The Beginning of Western Philosophy: Interpetation of Anaximander and Parmenides (Indiana University Press, 2015) has just appeared in Philosophy in Review. In my previous blog post I talked about some of the problems and questions that arise in these lectures from 1932. There is a danger of seeing here only an anti-scientific and mystical leaning here. Yet Heidegger is self-aware and responds to concerns about his method of interpreting other thinkers. Genuine concerns are raised about scientific methods and outlooks which deserve our consideration.

A review I wrote of Heidegger's The Beginning of Western Philosophy: Interpetation of Anaximander and Parmenides (Indiana University Press, 2015) has just appeared in Philosophy in Review. In my previous blog post I talked about some of the problems and questions that arise in these lectures from 1932. There is a danger of seeing here only an anti-scientific and mystical leaning here. Yet Heidegger is self-aware and responds to concerns about his method of interpreting other thinkers. Genuine concerns are raised about scientific methods and outlooks which deserve our consideration.